The Presidency has dismissed claims in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari spent a total of N2.2billion during his four-day state visit to the United States of America.

In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity said: “Our attention has been drawn to an editorial published in the Nigerian Pilot of August 2, 2015 and an earlier report in which the total cost of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent trip to the US was estimated at N2.2 billion.

“It is very sad that in this age of free-flowing information and in this era of ‘CHANGE’, a media organisation would make itself available as a vehicle to peddle a lie of such low and ignominious quality.

“Contrary to the newspaper’s assertions, the total cost of the trip to the Nigerian taxpayer was at the most minimal, in line with the policy of this administration to cut waste and extravagance.

“In point of fact, the total amount expended on the trip by the Office of the President amounted to nothing near ten per cent of the speculated figure.

“Owing to the free accommodation provided by the host government, all the personal staff who accompanied the President on the trip received reduced allowances.

“His son, Yusuf, received neither allowances nor estacode. The five Governors on the trip each paid his own way. Permanent Secretaries who traveled on the delegation did so in accordance with extant rules and none of them exceeded their estacode entitlements.

The statement noted that: “Apart from the Nigerian Pilot’s mischievous mathematics, it is shortsighted and misleading of the newspaper to have claimed that President Buhari’s trip to the US achieved nothing.

“Nigerian-US relations had suffered severely over the past few years. That relationship has now been reset. The benefits of this symbiotic relationship will become more and more evident as the Buhari administration continues to tackle the challenges of corruption, security and the economy.

“Some of the more immediate benefits of the President’s trip to the US include: the proposed $2.1 billion fund from the World Bank for the re-development of the northeast battered by Boko Haram; $5 billion from US investors in Nigeria’s agriculture sector; $1.5 billion investment in the Nigerian health sector; and another $5 billion investment from the US in our country’s power sector.

Shehu stated that: “Also, as things stand at the moment, the embargo on the sale of weapons sales to Nigeria is in the process of being removed.

“The trip to the US by President Buhari was definitely very successful and beneficial to Nigeria. Only those rabidly determined to find faults unnecessarily will cook up falsehood in a futile effort to rake up murk where none exists,” Shehu said.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/08/05/buhari-did-not-spend-n2-2bn-on-trip-to-usa-presidency/

We knew the story was cock and bull.
Haters are still yet to come to terms that it is a new dawn. No longer the frivolous spending spree that has come to characterize government and officials.

bull sh.it from a malllam.
it rather cemented the perception that Americans have all along.
That the Duara Dullar.d is indeed an illustrate of the highest order who lacks basic Diplomacy 101.

he not only accused USA of sponsoring terrorism himself.
he embarrassed the whole country by forgetting the name of the party that brought him to power.
how worse can worse get....
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then in the full glare of the whole world,he said he will marginalize the southeast and south south via 97% and 5% statement.

Abugab:
We

we for what?

Buhari is not only a dullardin'ho, He's also a liardinho.

dayo23:
we for what?

We for wao

Wailers Continue o!

Why is the April 2015 Nigerian law school examination results not out?

They keep postponing the release of the results keeping a lot of students in morbid tension.

We want change, not delay. Haba!!

Pls the relevant authorities should look into this as a matter of urgency.

Another denial, another reversal

We all know it's the work of the Wailing wailers.
The presidency shouldn't have dignify them with a response.
Shameless enemy of progress.

Good. Hope Tanoids are hearing this!Wailing wailers looking for every available opportunity to denigrate PMB's achievements.

SeverusSnape:
Buhari is not only a dullardin'ho, He's also a liardinho.

Coming from a palace bastard?(according to your siggy)
Get well soon.

Femolacaster:
Good. Hope Tanoids are hearing this!Wailing wailers looking for every available opportunity to denigrate PMB's achievements.

RichDad1:
We all know it's the work of the Wailing wailers.
The presidency shouldn't have dignify them with a response.
Shameless enemy of progress.

kossyablaze:
Wailers Continue o!

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APC - We didn't spend N2.2b in the US visit ..

dunkem - How much did you spend then?


APC -

Femolacaster:
Good. Hope Tanoids are hearing this!Wailing wailers looking for every available opportunity to denigrate PMB's achievements.

RichDad1:
We all know it's the work of the Wailing wailers.
The presidency shouldn't have dignify them with a response.
Shameless enemy of progress.

kossyablaze:
Wailers Continue o!

I'm proudly a wailing wailer,
Now do me a favour, kindly kick the bucket

buhari being boi boi to his junior snx 1800bc

And it took you a fortnight to release a rebuttal to that story. I think its hightime Mr Adesina is shown the door, for he seems not to understand the concept of time when it comes to orientation and information. A minute lost in government time is equivalent to wasting a month. The media team of PMB better shape up or shape out

Trailblazer1:
I'm proudly a wailing wailer, Now do me a favour, kindly kick the bucket

Lol dis nigga sef

More rebuttals? Just what is the use of this one? The presidency couldn't even counter with the exact amount the journey cost.